Looking for 5 letter words with U as the 4th letter? When a puzzle gives you _ _ _ U _, the answers left can be harder to sort through than expected.
Words like cloud, about, flour, and group show how often this fourth-letter spot turns up in Wordle and similar word games. Once that slot is fixed, some guesses drop out fast while others still stay in play.
Here, you have a long list of five-letter words with U in the fourth position, giving you more answers to test against the letters already on the board. That gives you a stronger pool of options and a better shot at the word that fits.
List of 5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter
| about | afolul |
| album | aloud |
| amour | annul |
| argue | arjun |
| augur | awful |
| begun | bogus |
| bonus | cloud |
| clout | croup |
| datum | debug |
| debut | demur |
| donut | ennui |
| ensue | femur |
| fetus | ficus |
| flour | flout |
| focus | forum |
| fraud | fugue |
| gamut | genus |
| ghoul | group |
| grout | humus |
| imbue | incur |
| input | issue |
| kaput | lemur |
| locus | lotus |
| lupus | menus |
| minus | mogul |
| mucus | nexus |
| occur | opium |
| pious | pique |
| prius | proud |
| queue | rebus |
| rebut | recur |
| recut | rerun |
| revue | rogue |
| scour | scout |
| scrub | scrum |
| segue | serum |
| setup | shout |
| shrub | shrug |
| sinus | snout |
| spout | stout |
| strut | syrup |
| thrum | torus |
| trout | uncut |
| undue | vague |
| value | venue |
| virus | vogue |
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5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with A
| ablur | about |
| abrus | achua |
| actus | adsum |
| aequi | afoul |
| agaus | agnus |
| ahaus | ainus |
| aitus | akkum |
| alaun | album |
| albus | aleut |
| alfur | algum |
| almud | almug |
| alnus | aloud |
| altus | amour |
| ampul | angus |
| ankus | annul |
| anous | ansus |
| antUs | anyus |
| aotus | apium |
| araua | araus |
| arcus | argue |
| argus | arjun |
| ascus | ashur |
| astur | atour |
| augur | aulus |
| aurum | ausus |
| avium | awful |
| ayous |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with B
| babul | babus |
| bahur | bahus |
| bahut | bajus |
| bakul | balun |
| balut | banus |
| bapus | batus |
| beaus | beaut |
| beaux | bedus |
| begum | begun |
| bemud | bevue |
| blaud | bogue |
| bogus | bolus |
| bonus | borun |
| bosun | braul |
| bryum | bulus |
| burut | butut |
| buxus | byous |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with C
| cajun | canun |
| capul | caput |
| carum | cavum |
| cavus | cayua |
| cebus | cecum |
| cetus | chaus |
| cheun | choup |
| choux | cigua |
| claut | cleuk |
| cloud | cloue |
| clour | clous |
| clout | cobus |
| cocum | cogue |
| conus | coque |
| coqui | croup |
| cutup |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with D
| dacus | datum |
| datus | debug |
| debus | debut |
| degum | degus |
| demur | detur |
| didus | digue |
| dipus | dobus |
| dolus | domus |
| donum | donut |
| drouk | dufus |
| dukus | dunum |
| durum | dusun |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with E
| ecrus | eleut |
| ellul | embue |
| embus | endue |
| enmun | ennui |
| ensue | equus |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with F
| fagus | falus |
| favus | felup |
| femur | fenus |
| ferus | fetus |
| ficus | filum |
| fique | fleuk |
| fleur | flour |
| flout | focus |
| forum | fotui |
| fraud | freud |
| fucus | figue |
| fugus | fulup |
| fulus |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with G
| gadus | galut |
| gamut | gemul |
| genua | genus |
| getup | ghoul |
| gibus | gigue |
| glaum | glaur |
| glaux | gloup |
| glout | golus |
| grouf | group |
| grout | gugus |
| gurus | gyrus |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with H
| habus | hamus |
| hanum | hapus |
| hbcus | hilum |
| hilus | hocus |
| hokum | horus |
| huhus | humus |
| hutus | huzul |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with I
| iasus | ichus |
| ictus | ileum |
| ileus | illuk |
| imbue | imput |
| incur | incus |
| indue | input |
| inrun | intue |
| issue | iulus |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with J
| jacua | jacus |
| jagua | jakun |
| janus | jasus |
| jehus | jesus |
| jigua | jigue |
| jique | jiqui |
| jocum | jocus |
| jokul | jorum |
| josue | josup |
| jotun | jubus |
| jugum | jujus |
| julus | juruk |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with K
| kabui | kadus |
| kagus | kahus |
| kakur | kakus |
| kalua | kamuk |
| kanuk | kanun |
| kapur | kapus |
| kaput | katun |
| khmus | khoum |
| kikus | kitul |
| knaur | knout |
| kobus | kohua |
| kokum | korun |
| kraut | kubus |
| kudus | kukui |
| kukus | kumuk |
| kurus | kusum |
| kusus | โ |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with L
| lahus | laius |
| lamut | larum |
| larus | latum |
| layup | ledum |
| lehua | lemur |
| lepus | lesus |
| letup | lieus |
| limus | linum |
| linus | lisus |
| lobus | locum |
| locus | lorum |
| lotus | luaus |
| lulus | lumut |
| lupus | lusus |
| luxus | lygus |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with M
| macus | mafus |
| magus | mahua |
| makua | malum |
| malus | manul |
| manus | maqui |
| marua | marum |
| marus | masut |
| mazur | mazus |
| mazut | menus |
| merus | mesua |
| miaul | mimus |
| minus | mitua |
| mitus | mnum |
| modus | mogul |
| mohur | mokum |
| momus | mopus |
| moqui | morus |
| motus | mucus |
| mumus | murup |
| murut | mutua |
| myzus |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with N
| nahua | nahum |
| napus | nasua |
| nasus | negus |
| nehus | nevus |
| nexum | nexus |
| nidus | nigua |
| nigun | ninut |
| nisus | nobut |
| nodus | nosus |
| notum | nuque |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with O
| oakum | occur |
| odeum | odium |
| odour | oecus |
| oghuz | oleum |
| ombus | onium |
| onmun | opium |
| orgue | โ |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with P
| pahua | palus |
| parus | pasul |
| patus | pecul |
| pelus | petun |
| picul | picus |
| pilum | pilus |
| pinup | pinus |
| pious | pipul |
| pique | pisum |
| piyut | plaud |
| plouk | plout |
| pokus | porus |
| potus | praus |
| preux | prius |
| proud | pseud |
| pudus | pukus |
| pulus | punuk |
| pupus | pyrus |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with R
| ragus | rakus |
| ramus | rebus |
| rebut | rebuy |
| recur | recut |
| redub | redux |
| regur | remus |
| rerun | resue |
| revue | rheum |
| rimur | rimus |
| robur | rogue |
| roguy | rohun |
| rohus | roque |
| rubus | rufus |
| rurus |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with S
| sagum | salue |
| samum | saruk |
| sarum | sarus |
| scaud | scaum |
| scaup | scaur |
| schul | scoup |
| scour | scout |
| scrub | scrum |
| seaux | sebum |
| secus | sedum |
| segue | semul |
| serum | serut |
| setup | sevum |
| sgaus | shlub |
| shluh | shous |
| shout | shrub |
| shrug | sicus |
| sigua | sikus |
| sinus | sioux |
| sirup | situs |
| smous | snout |
| sojus | solum |
| solus | sorus |
| spaul | spout |
| sprue | sprug |
| stoun | stoup |
| stour | stout |
| strum | strut |
| sukus | sulus |
| sunup | susus |
| syrup |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with T
| tabun | tabus |
| tabut | tagua |
| takus | taluk |
| talus | tamus |
| tamuz | tapus |
| tatus | taxus |
| tegua | tegus |
| tejus | tenue |
| thous | thrum |
| tibus | ticul |
| tigua | tikug |
| tiouus | tioux |
| titup | titus |
| todus | tofus |
| togue | tokus |
| tolus | tonus |
| toque | torus |
| totum | trout |
| tucum | tulus |
| tunus | tuque |
| tutus | tylus |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with U
| ugrug | uigur |
| ulcus | ulmus |
| unaus | uncus |
| uncut | undue |
| undug | ungum |
| unput | unsub |
| upcut | upput |
| upsun | urdus |
| ursus |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with V
| vacua | vacuo |
| vague | vagus |
| value | varum |
| varus | vasus |
| velum | venue |
| venus | vidua |
| virus | vitus |
| vodun | voeux |
| vogue | vogul |
| vrouw |
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with W
- wabur
- wamus
- whaup
- whaur
- whaus
- woful
- Wusun
5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter Starting with X, Y, and Z
| xerus | yagua |
| yakut | yaqui |
| yomud | yugur |
| yuruk | yuzus |
| zapus | zebub |
| zebus | zoque |
| zulus | โ |
Common 5 Letter Words with U as the 4th Letter
- About โ concerning, regarding
- Adult โ a fully grown person
- Blunt โ not sharp, straightforward
- Brunt โ main force or impact
- Cloud โ visible mass of water vapor in the sky
- Crush โ press or squeeze forcefully
- Flour โ powdered grain used in baking
- Grunt โ low, rough sound made by animals or humans
- Plump โ pleasantly fat or rounded
- Scrub โ clean by rubbing hard
- Spout โ a tube or lip for pouring liquids
- Shout โ speak loudly
- Stunt โ a dangerous or impressive act
- Blurb โ short description or promotional text
- Flung โ threw with force
- Drunk โ intoxicated by alcohol
- Plush โ soft, luxurious
- Slump โ fall or drop heavily
- Strut โ walk with pride
- Brusk โ abrupt or blunt in manner
- Fluke โ accidental stroke of luck
- Snuck โ moved stealthily
- Flour โ finely ground grain (for baking)
- Grump โ a moody or irritable person
- Blush โ reddening of the face
- Flour โ used to make bread or cake
- Plume โ a feather or feather-like formation
- Slush โ partially melted snow or ice
- Snout โ nose of an animal
- Spurn โ reject with disdain
- Strum โ play a stringed instrument
- Brute โ cruel, unreasoning person
- Clung โ held tightly
- Fluff โ soft light material
- Plush โ rich, elegant
- Slush โ wet, messy snow
- Snuff โ extinguish a candle or tobacco
- Spurt โ gush suddenly
- Stunt โ performance that shows skill
- Grunt โ sound or work hard labor
- Blunt โ dull-edged
- Drunk โ under alcohol influence
- Flung โ hurled forcefully
- Plump โ rounded and soft
- Scrub โ wash thoroughly
- Spout โ projecting tube
- Shunt โ divert or switch
- Brunt โ main impact
- Fluke โ chance occurrence
- Strut โ walk proudly
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